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Episode 185 - Crafts & Crafting

This episode we’re discussing the non-fiction genre of Crafts and Crafting! We talk about art vs craft, makerspaces vs crafting spaces, the challenges of trying new crafts, academic crafting, and more!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

Paper + Craft: 25 Charming Gifts, Accents, and Accessories to Make from Paper by Minhee Cho, Truman Cho, and Randi Brookman Harris

Re-Creative: 50 Projects for Turning Found Items Into Contemporary Design by Steve Dodds

Trash Origami: 25 Paper Folding Projects Reusing Everyday Materials by Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander

Crafting Change: Handmade Activism, Past and Present by Jessica Vitkus

Hand Lettering: Creative Alphabets for Any Occasion by Thy Doan Graves

Mastering Hand-Lettering: Your Practical Guide to Creating and Styling the Alphabet by Mye De Leon

Creepy Cross-Stitch: 25 Spooky Projects to Haunt Your Halls by Lindsay Swearingen

A Crochet World of Creepy Creatures and Cryptids: 40 Amigurumi Patterns for Adorable Monsters, Mythical Beings and More by Rikki Gustafson

Chonky Amigurumi: How to Crochet Amazing Critters & Creatures with Chunky Yarn by Sarah Csiacsek

Simple Hand Sewing: 35 slow stitching and mindful mending projects by Laura Strutt

Boro & Sashiko, Harmonious Imperfection: The Art of Japanese Mending & Stitching by Shannon Mullett-Bowlsby and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby

Wilderness Knits for the Home by Linka Neumann

Other Media We Mentioned

Two Point Hospital (Wikipedia)

Two Point Campus (Wikipedia)

Links, Articles, and Things

Fuse beads (Wikipedia)

Jam’s Tiger Millionaire costume (and their trophy)

Tiger Millionaire (Steven Universe Wiki)

The cross stitch Matthew finished the night before recording

Bone folder (Wikipedia)

Fourth Doctor (the one with the scarf) (Wikipedia)

Creativebug (see if your library provides access)

Creepy halloween mask template

Granny square (Wikipedia)

Creepypasta (Wikipedia)

15 Crafts and Crafting books by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

Weaving in the Peruvian Highlands: Dreaming Patterns, Weaving Memories by Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez

The Embroidered Garden: Stitching through the Seasons of a Flower Garden by Kazuko Aoki

asowacikanisa: A Guide to Small Metis Bags by Amy Briley and Gregory Scofield

Knitting for Radical Self-Care: A Modern Guide by Brandi Cheyenne Harper

This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection by Jen Hewett

Print, Pattern, Sew: Block-Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe by Jen Hewett

Embroidered Animals: Wild and Woolly Creatures to Stitch and Sew by Yumiko Higuchi

Super Easy Amigurumi: Crochet Cute Animals by Mitsuki Hoshi

Mini Knitted Woodland by Sachiyo Ishii

The Art of Mi'kmaw Basketry by edited by shalan joudry and Holly Brown Bear

Embroidery: A Modern Guide to Botanical Embroidery by Arounna Khounnoraj

Visible Mending: A Modern Guide to Darning, Stitching and Patching the Clothes You Love by Arounna Khounnoraj

The Tunisian Crochet Handbook: A Beginner's Guide by Toni Lipsey

Literary Yarns: Crochet Projects Inspired by Classic Books by Cindy Wang

The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care, and Racial Justice by Kristina Wong

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Join us again on Tuesday, December 5th we’ll be talking about the genre of Suspense Fiction!

Then on Tuesday, December 19th it’s time for our Favourite Reads of 2023!

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hellstate--rp-blog · 8 years ago

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N A M E: Levi “Major” Wilson A G E: 38 P L A C E O F O R I G I N: Jackson, Wyoming G R O U P: Cheyenne State Capitol O C C U P A T I O N: Trader F C: Chris Pratt

❝ Fortune favors the brave, dude. ❞

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P O S I T I V E T R A I T S: forthright ; moralistic N E G A T I V E T R A I T S: neurotic ; pretentious

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L I F E B E F O R E T H E O U T B R E A K:

The birth of a child should be celebrated simply because a new life has been brought into the world. For the Wilson family, their seventh and final child didn’t share the same excitement when he was brought into this world. Born precisely three minutes and forty-five seconds after his twin sister, Levi Wilson would forever bask in the shadow in his twin but also the six other children that came before him. Right from the start there wasn’t so much hope for someone like Levi to survive on his own and from an early age he proved to be someone with anger radiating from his being. This could’ve been attributed to his lack of many things. Not only in height but in academics. This led Levi to deal with a string of bullying not only from his peers at school but also his siblings at home.

Little did they know that Levi would eventually thrive in the shadow that cowered over him. Whether it was a late growth spurt or simply a miracle from the heaven’s above, Levi quickly proved that he was one smart cookie. Although his height seemed to never get the memo, his brain reached levels that left his family but also his teachers in a state of shock. It was staggering to know that the kid who failed every test in elementary school was now on the principal’s list in high school every single year. His triumphs in academics only furthered his capabilities of becoming something great but Levi had no idea what that “something” could be. Of course his ego prevented him from admitting that he was clueless to what the future had in store for him.

The relationship he shared with his family didn’t change when he proved to be “worthy” of the Wilson name. Although he had brought home academic trophies his father was far more interested in the basketball trophies his brothers and sisters had brought home instead. It was always a competition in the Wilson home. It forced the energy in the home to always be on edge and Levi could nearly cut the tension he had built with a pair of scissors. He thought he could’ve built a relationship with his twin, Ruby but that failed to be true from the very beginning. With his familial relationships on edge and his lack of friendship with his peers, Levi quickly accepting that no one would be there for him. Well, at least not in Wyoming.

Humbly declining his position as valedictorian, Levi packed his bags and headed over to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he would enroll into Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While is sister Ruby was flying across the country to follow a far-fetched dream that their parents could only focus on it was easy for Levi to escape into the night, catch a flight, and never return to Wyoming ever again. Levi’s years in college were undoubtedly the best years of his life. Even if he went through the motions without knowing what he wanted to become he quickly found a place where he would be accepted but more importantly recognized for what he could contribute to society. This is where Levi Wilson traded his name for the nickname that was bestowed upon him by his fellow classmates, Major.

L I F E D U R I N G T H E O U T B R E A K:

Major graduated from M.I.T summa cum laude and immediately joined NASA’s program for young engineers. This wasn’t exactly what Major dreamed to pursue but it certainly tested his limits and only emphasized the potential that was buried inside him. He proved to be an important figure in NASA’s agenda and worked there for quite sometime. Major wasn’t miserable in his job but he knew he could’ve done something else with his life. To ensure his income he kept his job at NASA but he did dip his toes in fields that weren’t on his to-do list that NASA had provided for him. With the rumors of a viral infection swarming the nation, Major grew fascinated in the virus and the conspiracy theories that followed with it. It seemed to be a wild goose chase to pinpoint the exact manifestation of the virus but Major was set on finding what it was, what it could be, and how he could fix it.

While he occupied himself with his newfound hobby, NASA had transferred him from their headquarters in Washington, DC to a smaller unit located in Cheyenne, Wyoming where he would only further his project that he created exclusively for them but it was hard to focus on work when his “hobby” started to bleed into his work life and then his personal life, and then his life entirely. It didn’t occur to Major that the world was ending nor did it occur to him that the theories and the Creepypastas he read endlessly online were now coming true. Luckily for a conspiracy theorist, he was prepared for the worst but seeing such graphic truth in reality was a hard thing for Major to accept and it took a while for him to hold the barrel of a gun in the middle of someone’s head and pull the trigger. But it was also hard to accept that the family he had left in Jackson were probably enduring the same fate.

Even if the relationship he shared with his family was never strong or never something he wanted to fix, he knew he couldn’t leave them without answers when the world was fallen apart around him. He drove up to Jackson where he learned that his father was the first to be infected and his loyal wife was the second. His siblings had all disbanded and carried on with their respective lives, whereas Ruby his sister destined to be a starlet was washed up and now living in fear. Even if he wanted the satisfaction of telling her that he was right and he had actually become something he knew he couldn’t do that to her, after all, they were twins. Already knowing that Jackson wouldn’t be an ideal place to stay, Major was able to convince Ruby to return to Cheyenne with him.

L I F E A F T E R T H E O U T B R E A K:

Living in Cheyenne was fine but when the opportunity to join a camp had come across the twins, they were at odds. Ruby had grown an interest in one camp while Major had grown interest in literally every other camp but that one. When Ruby became a raider, Major didn’t know how to take it. He thought that the end of the world exposed another side to his sister, one that he had never seen before. But once she took the side of the people Major watched take advantage of in the worst ways possible he couldn’t support that behavior. He nearly lost his life because of it but he doesn’t regret choosing the path he did. Now, Major isn’t the most productive member of the camp he occupies nor is he the most social. The tattoos that riddle both his arms do depict the same flesh eating monsters that he runs from on a daily basis. But even if Major isn’t productive or social enough, he makes up for it in humor and in the ideas he brews in his head. He isn’t the most optimistic or the most cheerful but a conversation with him is never dull. He’s willing to bend over backwards for the people who sacrifice for him and oddly enough the apocalypse taught him the value of having a family.

However, Major lacks the conviction of being trustworthy. He fails to prove his value and tends to rely on impulse rather than action but more importantly, he seems to be more interested in the dead than the living. Major is incredibly fascinated in the ability to be revived into something so inhuman from something that was once human. He’s never had the opportunity to probe at an actual zombie but without a doubt you can catch him taking notes on the behavior and evolution of the walkers that consume Hellstate. Let’s just hope he doesn’t get himself eaten in the process.

#chris pratt #rp #rpg #town rp #town rpg #a.#m.#30 #capitol.#leia.#levi wilson.

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